p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p) uid %d any %d\n",
                 dentry->d_name.name, dentry, from_kuid(&init_user_ns, uid),
                 any);
-       dent = (struct v9fs_dentry *) dentry->d_fsdata;
        ret = NULL;
-       if (dent) {
-               spin_lock(&dent->lock);
-               list_for_each_entry(fid, &dent->fidlist, dlist) {
+       /* we'll recheck under lock if there's anything to look in */
+       if (dentry->d_fsdata) {
+               struct hlist_head *h = (struct hlist_head *)&dentry->d_fsdata;
 -              struct hlist_node *n;
+               spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 -              hlist_for_each_entry(fid, n, h, dlist) {
++              hlist_for_each_entry(fid, h, dlist) {
                        if (any || uid_eq(fid->uid, uid)) {
                                ret = fid;
                                break;